April 28th, Thursday... So I'm reading an article online about Former Secretary of State Condelessa Rice and The Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, did not get along and are now going through the process of "backbiting" each other in the press and in their memoirs. C'mon, is this a secret? Are we to believe that they were ever "warm and fuzzy" towards each other? The positions they held did not dictate "warm and fuzzy" to me.
How could these people get along? The American people were duped into buying two, count then, 2 wars. People lost their lives on both sides and, as a country, we are STILL trying to get out of the stench that is a result of those decisions!
Now we have a Black President, who will never be able to "fix" it!
When will it be understood that the whole damn thing is broken and "business as usual" will NOT repair any of it? Maybe I will read their books and digest all the horrid details about how our government was run by dysfunctional politicians... Wait a minute... Don't you have to be dysfunctional to actually be a politician?
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
A Warped POV by A. Dacosta Brathway
April 25th, Monday... I just read this: Washington, DC is implementing pay-by-phone parking meters this Summer. You pull into a space, call the appropriate number and your credit card is charged!
Ok... Maybe it's just me but I started thinking about the whole gentrification thing and how the city is being retaken by, well... you know. So, considering the ways of the economy right now and seeing how credit is real bad amongst the poor and disenfranchised, does this mean that if you drive, at $4.00 a gal., maybe you can't afford a cell phone, does this mean that you can't drive to DC? Then there is the pressure of taking METRO into the city and the price is going up on that. Is the METRO money to take the place of the gas, parking, and cell phone bill money and are we to believe that it will be cheaper to take METRO, even though crime has risen in the system and we stand to lose more than just our money?
To that notion, I say "goodbye SMITHSONIAN Museums, take care VERIZON CENTER, see you later Washington Monument! I will just drive to the dividing line between the county line and DC, get out of my car, and stick my nose across the line and sniff the DC stench!
Ok... Maybe it's just me but I started thinking about the whole gentrification thing and how the city is being retaken by, well... you know. So, considering the ways of the economy right now and seeing how credit is real bad amongst the poor and disenfranchised, does this mean that if you drive, at $4.00 a gal., maybe you can't afford a cell phone, does this mean that you can't drive to DC? Then there is the pressure of taking METRO into the city and the price is going up on that. Is the METRO money to take the place of the gas, parking, and cell phone bill money and are we to believe that it will be cheaper to take METRO, even though crime has risen in the system and we stand to lose more than just our money?
To that notion, I say "goodbye SMITHSONIAN Museums, take care VERIZON CENTER, see you later Washington Monument! I will just drive to the dividing line between the county line and DC, get out of my car, and stick my nose across the line and sniff the DC stench!
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
A Warped POV by A. Dacosta Brathway
April 19th, Tuesday... I just read a sad commentary from Halle Berry explaining why she is not good in marriage. She explained that her father left the family and she had no positive role model to follow relating to men. So, as a result, she is better at being older because of her marriage failures.
It all sounds like a nice, neat summary of her life and probably speaks to most women who have gone thru the same situation. BUT, I have one question?: Why do older women get upset when an older man desires a younger woman?
Sure there are some pitfalls to the "Winter-Summer" piece but why even stick your nose in that? Looking at it, the whole model is screwed up and no one seems to be claiming responsibility for the failure of it, so it is what it is applies here. Whatever the situation is, curb your enthusiasm when it comes to condemning someone else's bad choice. Everyone has the right to screw up their life for whatever reason.
"My daddy left so I have no man to talk to, to help me make a bad decision about choosing a man!" Yeah right!
That whole "being attracted to a bad boy" thing been played out. Nine times out of ten a good guy got castrated in the process. Maybe that's a reason for him becoming a bad father? Who's to say?
Damn, look at the time! I gotta go call my daughter to explain to her why my child support payment is late!
It all sounds like a nice, neat summary of her life and probably speaks to most women who have gone thru the same situation. BUT, I have one question?: Why do older women get upset when an older man desires a younger woman?
Sure there are some pitfalls to the "Winter-Summer" piece but why even stick your nose in that? Looking at it, the whole model is screwed up and no one seems to be claiming responsibility for the failure of it, so it is what it is applies here. Whatever the situation is, curb your enthusiasm when it comes to condemning someone else's bad choice. Everyone has the right to screw up their life for whatever reason.
"My daddy left so I have no man to talk to, to help me make a bad decision about choosing a man!" Yeah right!
That whole "being attracted to a bad boy" thing been played out. Nine times out of ten a good guy got castrated in the process. Maybe that's a reason for him becoming a bad father? Who's to say?
Damn, look at the time! I gotta go call my daughter to explain to her why my child support payment is late!
Monday, April 18, 2011
A Warped POV by A. Dacosta Brathway
April 18th, Monday...I'm in a play w/ some talented middle school kids (thespians) called "Real Talk." It's about a DJ/Radio Talk Show host who fields telephone calls from troubled teens.It's cool but the play is not the thing. It's the rehearsals where things jump off! (The cast is middle school kids from a performing arts school in Maryland.)We have had a couple of sessions where we, the cast, was allowed to reveal our inner most "whatever" about ourselves and you talk about drama! (Pun intended!) I heard some things that made my life seem like that of a middle school kid and they were the adults! I'm talking teenage angst, dysfunctional families, peer pressure, bullying, low self-esteem, high self-esteem, jealousy, envy, dead beat dads, dead beat moms, suicide, abandonment... Man, when those sessions were finished, I was ballin' harder then the kids! To hell w/ a psychiatrist! I may do another play just for the therapy in rehearsal!
I feel released, free, cleansed, clear, non problematic... I don't know, better? Oh, I'm terrified about being on stage, in front of problem riddled, guilty parents, teachers/administrators, and students who are less fortunate and deprived of the sessions I've experienced but, I'm thinking that my stage fright will pass after the first show. No, I don't know all my lines but I expect the kids to carry me... Since they keep insisting that "everything will be ok!" (I wish I had their courage!) I will go up there... I may be 1/2 drunk though.
What the hell. Maybe I'll get lucky and "break a leg?"
I feel released, free, cleansed, clear, non problematic... I don't know, better? Oh, I'm terrified about being on stage, in front of problem riddled, guilty parents, teachers/administrators, and students who are less fortunate and deprived of the sessions I've experienced but, I'm thinking that my stage fright will pass after the first show. No, I don't know all my lines but I expect the kids to carry me... Since they keep insisting that "everything will be ok!" (I wish I had their courage!) I will go up there... I may be 1/2 drunk though.
What the hell. Maybe I'll get lucky and "break a leg?"
Sunday, April 3, 2011
A Warped POV by A. Dacosta Brathway
April 3rd, Sunday... So I'm sitting here, watching Sunday Morning and a segment comes on about the job market and the (perceived) elderly. I'm like, "Oh shit, I'm in the age catagory that they are saying cannot and, possibly, will not be able to find a job ever again (Unless they are hiring in Heaven or Hell!). CRAP! What am I going to do now?
I do have a job; but, I get paid when they feel like paying me. There is no chance of upward mobility. Don't even think about getting a raise and I can't even threaten my boss w/ "If you don't meet my needs, I'll find another job!" What has America come to?
What happened to the good ole days when a man could threaten his present employers? When did Capitalism fall from its fundamental foundation to its now dysfunctional existence?
I have no nest egg. I've been walking on the tight rope w/out a net all my life. I don't even have a wife to which I can argue about money, or the lack thereof! Why am I even living?
When you're young, life is a blast because someone will give you some money. A birthday, a lost tooth, just because... When you get older, life is butt ugly w/ out money! Nobody is gonna give me any money "just because...!"
However, I am in therapy. This blog is providing me w/ the peace of mind needed to drive away my more evil thoughts! So what if I'm broke w/ no future to look forward to? All I do now is become retrospective and remember the fun I had. DAMN! If I only kept that bank account my aunt started for me when I was twelve!!!
I do have a job; but, I get paid when they feel like paying me. There is no chance of upward mobility. Don't even think about getting a raise and I can't even threaten my boss w/ "If you don't meet my needs, I'll find another job!" What has America come to?
What happened to the good ole days when a man could threaten his present employers? When did Capitalism fall from its fundamental foundation to its now dysfunctional existence?
I have no nest egg. I've been walking on the tight rope w/out a net all my life. I don't even have a wife to which I can argue about money, or the lack thereof! Why am I even living?
When you're young, life is a blast because someone will give you some money. A birthday, a lost tooth, just because... When you get older, life is butt ugly w/ out money! Nobody is gonna give me any money "just because...!"
However, I am in therapy. This blog is providing me w/ the peace of mind needed to drive away my more evil thoughts! So what if I'm broke w/ no future to look forward to? All I do now is become retrospective and remember the fun I had. DAMN! If I only kept that bank account my aunt started for me when I was twelve!!!
Saturday, April 2, 2011
A Warped POV by A. Dacosta Brathway
April 2nd, Saturday... I hate Face Book! No, no... The idea is good. The concept is cool. What bothers me about it is all of the fake ass amateur philosophers that are spewing their BS about life everyday! Everybody has a feeling... An emotion... Some state of being that means nothing to anyone but themselves! I read advice about love and relationships from women who are not even in a relationship or just broke up w/ someone! I see ego-driven individuals displaying an inordinate amount of pictures of themselves! People wanting to be friends w/ people they have nothing in common w/. There are people selling something to read that is not worth reading... Showing their (fat) asses that are not worth looking at... Talking about what they like and don't like that has nothing to do w/ what others like and don't like. I mean, who really gives a shit?
Then there is the Face Book people who are controlling the content... I'm trying to expand my brand by making friends w/ whomever I can and I get flagged for sending "SPAM" friendship requests and then I see a chick put a porno video of herself having sex! Not that I minded watching it, but come on...
What is so interesting about Face Book is that it is so fucking addictive! It's like a mind control mechanism! What is so uninteresting about Face Book is that it's the same shit over and over again! (Inside the box thinkers! F%@king boring!)
I'm thinking about coming up w/ the same concept called Ass Book! Maybe all of the elements that has made FB a success will work in my favor? I want to see how many of those who are so quick to "philosophy," will take snapshots of their ass and spread it all over the home page???
Then there is the Face Book people who are controlling the content... I'm trying to expand my brand by making friends w/ whomever I can and I get flagged for sending "SPAM" friendship requests and then I see a chick put a porno video of herself having sex! Not that I minded watching it, but come on...
What is so interesting about Face Book is that it is so fucking addictive! It's like a mind control mechanism! What is so uninteresting about Face Book is that it's the same shit over and over again! (Inside the box thinkers! F%@king boring!)
I'm thinking about coming up w/ the same concept called Ass Book! Maybe all of the elements that has made FB a success will work in my favor? I want to see how many of those who are so quick to "philosophy," will take snapshots of their ass and spread it all over the home page???
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